Missed all the news this weekend? Well fear not! We’ve got all the news you may have slept through in our weekly weekend round up! Take a look, cool news not to be missed! [More]
Day: July 21, 2002
Future Shop Canada Goes LOTR Crazy!
Blockbuster’s LOTR Promotion Video
Media Watch: Cinescape Magazine
Real Groovy To Have Midnight Release
Insite Serves Up Own Bit Of ‘Rings Magic
Another Report On Viggo’s NYC Book Signing
FilmFour Look Towards The Towers
John Rhys-Davies invades Sponge Bob
Hall of Fire Chats for July 20th & 21st
Fellowship Of The Ring Reaches #9 Domestic
A few people have written in about a cool even happening at select Future Shop stores in BC, Alberta and Ontario, take a look! (and some Future Shop suits better be reading this, BRING IT TO MONTREAL!!!) [More]
From: Future Shop
Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring Special Screening
· Watch the legend of “Lord of the Rings” unfold on a giant outdoor screen at 1 of the 3 Future Shop locations indicated below. Experience the movie at sunset on Monday, August 5th at 8:00 pm.
· Come dressed as your favourite Lord of the Rings character and you could win a $500 Future Shop Gift Certificate!
· Plus, pre-order a “Lord of the Rings” DVD and receive a free “Lord of the Rings” 16-page Collector’s Book loaded with photos and valuable movie information!* (*While quantities last.)
· X-BOX will be on hand with great games and prizes.
· Get your picture taken with your favourite Lord of the Rings character.
Vancouver, BC
Bridgeport Future Shop
150-2780 Sweden Way, Richmond, B.C.
Calgary, AB
NE Calgary Future Shop
3319 26th Avenue, NE Calgary, AB
Toronto, ON
Heartland Future Shop
2-5900 Mavis Road, Mississauga
(no Montreal event I see…get your act together Future Shop! Don’t leave Montreal out of the loop! -Xo)
Last week we posted this story on the delayed release of the Annotated Hobbit, well now word has come on high from famed Tolkien author Douglas A Anderson on all the details about the book and the delay! [More]
Last week we posted this story on the delayed release of the Annotated Hobbit, well now word has come on high from famed Tolkien author Douglas A Anderson on all the details about the book and the delay!
The Real Scoop on The Annotated Hobbit
I was very interested to see on your site the other day the report from Amazon.com on the availability of my Annotated Hobbit. I thought I’d write in with a bit more information and an update.
The Annotated Hobbit was scheduled to be published on June 26th, and the publisher can’t be blamed for the delay. It’s really all my fault—the book took longer than anyone was expecting to get it done right, and I hope the result will make people forget the delay. The entire book has been reworked and re-written, and besides a much larger introduction, and many more annotations and illustrations (including a color insert), there are a few choice new items by Tolkien, like the short poem “Glip” (who is a precursor to Gollum), and the full of the longest version of “The Quest of Erebor”—Gandalf’s own account of how he arranged Bilbo’s adventure.
The Annotated Hobbit is currently at the printers, and I’ve been told that finished copies should reach the publisher’s warehouse sometime in the third full week of August, after which the book will be shipped out to bookstores. So I’d expect to see it available around the last week of August.
Douglas A. Anderson